Mark Weisbrot is co-founder of the Center for Economic Policy and Research with past This is Hell! guest Dean Baker. CEPR was formed in 1999 to “promote democratic debate on the most important economic and social issues that affect people’s lives.” Mark writes a column on economic and policy issues that is distributed to over 550 newspapers by McClatchy-Tribune Information Services. He is co-author with Dean of, “Social Security: The Phony Crisis” (University of Chicago Press). His most recent writing includes, “More Pain, No Gain for Greece,” “Haiti: Two Years After the Earthquake,” “President Obama’s Budget is Disappointing,” and “Economists May Contribute to a ‘Lost Decade’ for America.”